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The Kruger Experience Ecology And ManagemOf Savanna Heterogeneity.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: du Toit, Johan T.
Other Authors: Rogers, Kevin H., Biggs, Harry C., Sinclair, Anthony R.E, Walker, Brian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Island Press, 2013.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • Part 1: The Historical and Conceptual Framework
  • Chapter 1: The Kruger National Park: A Century of Management and Research
  • Chapter 2: Biotic and Abiotic Variability as Key Determinants of Savanna Heterogeneity at Multiple Spatiotemporal Scales
  • Chapter 3: Adopting a Heterogeneity Paradigm: Implications for Management of Protected Savannas
  • Chapter 4: An Adaptive System to Link Science, Monitoring, and Management in Practice
  • Part II: A Template for Savanna Heterogeneity.
  • Chapter 5: The Abiotic Template and Its Associated Vegetation Pattern
  • Chapter 6: Biogeochemistry: The Cycling of Elements
  • Chapter 7: Fire as a Driver of Ecosystem Variability
  • Chapter 8: Surface Water Availability: Implications for Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Processes
  • Chapter 9: River Heterogeneity: Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Management
  • Part III: Interactions between Biotic Components
  • Chapter 10: Interactions between Species and Ecosystem Characteristics
  • Chapter 11: Vegetation Dynamics in the Kruger Ecosystem
  • Chapter 12: Insects and Savanna Heterogeneity.
  • Chapter 13: Birds: Responders and Contributors to Savanna Heterogeneity
  • Chapter 14: Large Herbivores and Savanna Heterogeneity
  • Chapter 15: Rainfall Influences on Ungulate Population Dynamics
  • Chapter 16: Kruger's Elephant Population: Its Size and Consequences for Ecosystem Heterogeneity
  • Chapter 17: Wildlife Diseases and Veterinary Controls: A Savanna Ecosystem Perspective
  • Chapter 18: Large Carnivores and Savanna Heterogeneity
  • Part IV: Humans and Savannas
  • Chapter 19: Anthropogenic Influences at the Ecosystem Level.
  • Chapter 20: Beyond the Fence: People and the Lowveld Landscape
  • Chapter 21: Heterogeneity and Management of the Lowveld Rivers
  • Chapter 22: Integration of Science: Successes, Challenges, and the Future
  • Chaper 23: Reflections on the Kruger Experience and Reaching Forward
  • Contributors
  • Index.

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